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lBET AVAILABL cow PATRICK LYTTLETON, ornusrm, NEVADA.

Hvnu'cvervz.` ur IN Livr-. -srloek nierstenen Specification forming part of Lcttexs Patent No. 198,37, dated Deccniher 18, m77 "application filed,

October e,

- Beit known `that I, PATRICK LYrTLEroN,

of -Austin', county ,of Lander, and VState of Nevada, have inventedan Improved Stock- Counter; and lI dohereby declare the follow.

ing to be 'n.'filll,v clear, and exact .description .My invention'rclates to a novel device for eountlngxlive stockyand it consists in a gate erdoor so connected with a registering-Wheel A that each and every4 animal, in passing through, 'i the 'gate,wi1l.lie-.counted fand'the' count re- I corded'onadialfwhichzreceivesthe count from y fi thewh'eeljofwhichthe following'is a descrip- 'j tiou,-referen`ce being had tothe. accompanying.'

l' Ljdrawings,infwhchgzzi; r' y Figure 1` is arperspective view. Fig. 2 rep! resents a housing for the counting mechanism. i Let ,A'represent afyard orinclosure in which thestoclrfftol bel-veountedjare confined, and' B f v thelgate; or vdoorthrough which each-animal -.-must-pass'in order to becounted. This gate partially,lls anlopening. which is just wide enough` toallow Athe class of animals being counted to pass through, so that each animal,

' in passing, through the' gate,lwill open it to its fnll- 1width,and each and every time the gate isthus .opened by au animal passing v .fhmughiti will Vbe l registered, as hereinafter describedr On the outside "of theV gate a pawl, C, is

hinged, which engages with a horizontalcir cular ratchet, D, fixed at one side of lthe gate. A detent,4 E, in- .front of the ratchet'D prevents the ratchet from turning more than one tootheachtime the vgade 'is opened, and alsoV serves as a spring, forcing the pawl constantly V against the ratchetlvvfr, f V- Thef ratchet can-be constructed with any 1 number 'of' teeth,=ieachfof whichr is numbered,

vnd tallies. one for-each animal that passes through the gate. A circular rim,l F, projectsfrom the top of the ratchetwheel and plays into atrain of gears; G H, as shown. This rim is lapped at its meeting ends,- the forward' advancing end being on the outside, with a space between the lap of thel two ends, to allow of one tooth in the lower wheel G of the train being alway between them. The thickness of this rim i such as to allow it to pass between the' teeth ofthe lower train-wheel, so that as the ratchet l) is turned this rim, act-ing between the teeth of thewheel, moves it lalong one tooth with each revolution of the ratchet. i

, The train of gears can be made with any number of wheels; but in the present instance IV have shown but two, that number being sufcient for all ordinary uses. i

A double-ended pointer, I, is attachedthe upper wheel H, and the teeth of each wheel are numbered, so that with the pointer the record of the gate can4 he seen. at a glance. l

' l It will be' obvious that'each tooth on thc lower Wheel will register one revolution of the l ratchet, and th at vfy'revolutioi ofthe wheel G will be shown by the upper wheel H and pointer I, which serve ae dials to register the count.

A spring, J, attached as shown, throws the gate open as each animal passes through, an(

aston, ,prevents the gate from swinging toc'- far beek.

My invention can he housed, as shown, to

protect and give points of attachment for thi different parte; or it can be covered, and the parts held togethery by any suitable arrangement. F

The ferm and 'size of the gate can also be varied, as the different varieties of stockvwhich are to be counted 'may require.

By my invention large herds of cattle, sheep, &c., can be quickly and accurately counted, with little 0r no labor or time from vthe' herdsman or the person in charge, as the counter needs no attention, and when the count 'is completedv the' tally will remain, showing' upon the dials until the counter is in opera.- tion again. 4

The same arrangement'for registering a count can be used for various other purposes. Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire'to isecure byLetters Patl ent isf-f i l: A stock-'counter "consisting of a gate, B, ratchet D, and registering-gear train G E, with' the pawl G, spring-debout E, and the Acircular Per@ NT n with its pawl C, springand circa a-r overlapping mm F, in

(ionstrlrcted Substantially as with -its spring J, stop K, :md nation with the ratchet D,

springdeteut E circuar rim F, and registring-gear train (r E', all eoxlstxucted, combined, and operated snystmtally as herein desarbed.

In witness whereof l have hereunto set my and sea-.

[L si Witnesses y GEQRGE F. DINSMQRE,

WILLIAH A. (LWFOBD. 

